Hallo!

*sigh* wish i could afford a mac ... !

why that ? just install linux ...

LG Georg

Hallo!

Okay, well if I ever have $200 extra and anybody is smart enough to

for what do you need $200 ?

partition my hard drive and get Linux dual-booting on my laptop, recompile the kernel for audio, and get all the software I need working -- I'd pay someone to do it.

nowadays you don't have to recompile kernels as newbie ... everyone can install linux in 15 minutes or so ...

Because I've never been able to figure it out... :-)

try ubuntu, kanotix, kubuntu or whatever ... it's really easy !

LG Georg

if you cover shipping to/from san francisco ca us, i'd gladly configure it any way you want for that amount :)

On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 10:42 -0800, cyborgk@nocturnalnoize.com wrote:

I'm sorry, but - some of you Linux people really don't understand the beginner viewpoint. Linux is not that easy, and some people like me JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT! I've tried, 15 minutes to install, no way; more like, 5, or 15 hours, than give up in frustration. And googling, when you don't know exactly what your looking for, sometimes just causes more problem/frustration.

The $200, is to pay someone who knows what they are doing, to install it, and teach me so I understand what's going on.

Also, my audio card doesn't support Linux, so I'd have to buy a new audio. Which means even if I figure it out myself, Linux is not a "FREE" option for me (built in soundcard just won't cut it for the kinds of stuff I do).

But, I still want a Mac, because there some nice stuff for it that is Mac-only software.

~David

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Hallo!

...

Okay, well if I ever have $200 extra and anybody is smart enough to

for what do you need $200 ?

...

partition my hard drive and get Linux dual-booting on my laptop, recompile the kernel for audio, and get all the software I need working -- I'd pay someone to do it.

nowadays you don't have to recompile kernels as newbie ... everyone can install linux in 15 minutes or so ...

...

Because I've never been able to figure it out... :-)

try ubuntu, kanotix, kubuntu or whatever ... it's really easy !

LG Georg

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Hallo!

I'm sorry, but - some of you Linux people really don't understand the beginner viewpoint. Linux is not that easy, and some people like me JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT! I've tried, 15 minutes to install, no way; more like, 5, or 15 hours, than give up in frustration. And googling, when you don't

Well, try to download e.g. the installer cd from http://kanotix.com ... You cannot tell me that you don't manage to install this when you are able to use a program like pd ...

LG Georg

David Powers schrieb:

Yes, I can get Live CD's to run (Demudi Live) - but note that I need to dual boot and partition my hard drive correctly, and that was where I got stuck.

then boot with a live-cd and then use qtparted (i guess Demudi is not the first choice for beginners ? - don't know) there you can resize partitions ... but that's no linux related knowledge and if you want to use computers you will maybe have to spend some time on how to make such things ... ;)

see e.g. the wiki here http://wiki.kanotix.net/CoMa.php?CoMa=HomePage

LG Georg

Answer to question 1: send a "colorspace RGBA" message to pix_film before loading your quicktime.

In my experience only Final Cut can render properly the alpha channel and there is a trick to it:

-exporte with "FCP movie" (not Quicktime) -go to custom settings in QT video settings select ANIMATION -next, still in QT video settings you go to ADVANCED and select MILLIONS COLOR +

• next, export with RECOMPRESS ALL FRAMES activated or it will not work

Tom

On 3/8/06, patco megalegoland@yahoo.fr wrote:

Let's go back on the subject...:D

chickun wrote:

hi list i have 2 questions: i made a patch that makes an fade between 2 videos with gem, using alpha and colorRGB it works fine with avi files, but doesnt work with mov files, why is this? is this a codec issue? if so, which codec of mov files supports alpha with gem? in using pd 0.38.4 with osx...

my second question is: im creating videos with after effects, and theres a compression option that allows you to make alpha channels (for example making a video with holes, that allows you to see the image that is in the background ..... that option is: depth : million of colors + is it posible to see the videos with transparency in gem? thanx .... bye

chickun __________________________________

I guess it's more complicated than making "holes" in the movie. I haven't tried yet, but it might be possible to use [pix_mask] and [pix_multiply] for having this kind of effect?

patco

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On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 13:53 -0500, B. Bogart wrote:

My installation "Oracle" had an uptime of 200 days at one point, the machine does not reboot or anything, so Its actually running that process for 200 days. PD/Gem-0.87 on linux.

i've made some similar experience ... 24 machines playing video files and displaying images for about 6 monthes ... but i had some problems finding the right video codec, that was fast enough and didn't suffer from memory leaks ...

tim

-- TimBlechmann@gmx.de ICQ: 96771783 http://www.mokabar.tk

A paranoid is a man who knows a little of what's going on. William S. Burroughs

which was ??? (the codec) what did you use ? gem ? pdp ? linux ?

it was a gem/linux setup ... the codec ... puh ... i tried quite a few, but don't remember, which one i used in the end ...

tim

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius

I have an installation running 9-12 simultaneous small quicktimes on XP for about year now (FWISH @ http://mrtof.danslchamp.org/). I do not know of any crashes.

Gem XP crashes when you switch quicktimes. I made an abstraction that solves this problem. If you need it, I can send it. It is not final but works.

If you want to DIY, just create a separate pix_film (or pix_movie) for every quicktime. Then with Zexy's demux, send the gem "signal" to the selected movie to play. SUPER STABLE!

Tom

HERE IS THE PATCH:

#N canvas 1189 275 645 324 10; #X obj 100 55 gemhead; #X obj 96 95 demux 0 1 2 3; #X obj 107 260 square; #X obj 48 168 pix_film; #X obj 155 165 pix_film; #X obj 237 168 pix_film; #X text 243 117 As an added precaution , turn off all pix_films not being displayed!; #X connect 0 0 1 0; #X connect 1 0 3 0; #X connect 1 1 4 0; #X connect 1 2 5 0; #X connect 3 0 2 0; #X connect 4 0 2 0; #X connect 5 0 2 0;

On 3/8/06, cyborgk@nocturnalnoize.com cyborgk@nocturnalnoize.com wrote:

*sigh* wish i could afford a mac ... !

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i ran my Gem patches[osx] for an MFA installation for 90 days without software fail.

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From: "B. Bogart" ben@ekran.org Date: 2006/03/07 Tue PM 04:00:05 EST To: cyborgk@nocturnalnoize.com CC: PD List send pd-list@iem.at Subject: Re: [PD] stability of Gem for video playing

Patrick Pagano Digital Media Specialist University of Florida Digital Worlds Institute 352-294-2082

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AVI files work WORSE for me than quicktime in XP - an issue with codecs perhaps?

I'm using the latest PD-extended stable release.

~David

chris clepper wrote:

On 3/8/06, *Thomas Ouellet Fredericks* <iamonthebeach@gmail.com mailto:iamonthebeach@gmail.com> wrote:

Gem XP crashes when you switch quicktimes. I made an abstraction
that solves this problem. If you need it, I can send it. It is not
final but works.

This is the crash that I have a fix for. Are there other cases where films crash?

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On 3/8/06, David Powers cyborgk@nocturnalnoize.com wrote:

AVI files work WORSE for me than quicktime in XP - an issue with codecs perhaps?

I'm using the latest PD-extended stable release.

The only AVI files I can even get to load are some old Indeo codec. The rest of them (Cinepak and DV) are opened by the QT avi importer. At some point a proper DirectShow loader needs to happen, but I won't speculate on when.

PS - you missed the Chicago Pd meet last night - although we did zero Pd stuff.